Wayde van Niekerk returned to winning ways for the first time in more than a year as he finished first in his season-opening 400m in 44.58sec at the Stars & Stripes Classic in Marietta, Georgia, on Saturday evening.
Wayde van Niekerk returned to winning ways for the first time in more than a year as he finished first in his season-opening 400m in 44.58 sec at the Stars & Stripes Classic in Marietta, Georgia, on Saturday evening.It was fractionally slower than his 44.56 in Madrid from June last year, when he clocked his fastest time since returning from knee surgery in 2017.
He finished nearly a second ahead of Jamaicans Rusheen McDonald in 45.43 and Demish Gaye in 45.47, both of whom achieved international medals in relays.Van Niekerk, the owner of the 43.03 world record, will turn 30 on the opening day of the global showpiece in Eugene, Oregon, on July 15.That is where he will show if he has the race fitness to get through three rounds of competition; at the Tokyo Olympics he was eliminatedThe last time a 44.
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Wayde van Niekerk returns to winning ways in the USWayde van Niekerk returned to winning ways for the first time in more than a year as he finished first in his season-opening 400m in 44.58sec at the Stars & Stripes Classic in Marietta, Georgia, on Saturday evening.
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